fix rrd_version prototype

[rrdtool-all.git] / program / doc / rrdpython.pod

diff --git a/program/doc/rrdpython.pod b/program/doc/rrdpython.pod
index a158577f7f983dd474e3bf3b569a03fc3ce4eeb9..2d634269496dc082934aaa25c38a33566551fb5e 100644 (file)
--- a/program/doc/rrdpython.pod
+++ b/program/doc/rrdpython.pod
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ to the other B<rrdtool> documentation for functions and valid arguments.
 
 =head1 EXAMPLE
 
+ sys.path.append('/path/to/rrdtool/lib/python2.3/site-packages/')
  import rrdtool, tempfile
 
  DAY = 86400
@@ -40,6 +41,11 @@ to the other B<rrdtool> documentation for functions and valid arguments.
  print info['last_update']
  print info['ds']['downloads']['minimal_heartbeat']
 
+If you use the B<site-python-install> make target you can drop to first sys.path.append
+line since the rrdtool module will be available everywhere.
+
+If rrdtool runs into trouble, it will throw an exception which you might want to catch.
+
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 rrdcreate, rrdupdate, rrdgraph, rrddump, rrdfetch, rrdtune, rrdlast,